Today, Montreal band Suuns dropped fifth album The Witness via Joyful Noise Recordings (USA/World) and Secret City Records (Canada).
A departure from their heavy pulsating electro-beat sound to more of a minimalistic spacious vocal airy kind of Massive Attack vibe.
About the album:
Self-recorded and self-produced over the majority of 2020, a year of strife, solitude and reflection, The Witness finds the band holding a magnifying glass over their own default state of playing and performing.
More than any other SUUNS record, The Witness employs a jazz mentality of designing a continuous vibe over the notion of separate chapters.
There’s a level of relaxation, of accepting the band’s primal instincts, and a concentrated attempt to maximize and revise said instincts.
The Witness, meanwhile, pours SUUNS’ music into a more intricate mold, compelling Shemie to unravel himself lyrically in a much more pronounced fashion.
“There’s something interesting about the idea of a collective witness, being a witness to the time we’re living in now,” he reflects. “And the connectedness of what we all have in common.
But also, literally: bearing witness to all sorts of things and how that desensitises you.
There’s a recurring line that comes back on the record: “I know that you’ve seen it too.”
A song like ‘Clarity’ is also about pulling the veil off and seeing things for what they really are.
It kind of comes down to being true to yourself and acknowledging what is and isn’t real.”
The Witness gets:
/10.
SUUNS – The Witness [Streaming]
